PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gerard Mullins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demonic has chosen The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gerard Mullins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mullins
vs
Demonic

174 cm
27
168 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

184 cm
26
168 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerard Mullins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Demonic!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demonic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mullins.
Mullins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Mullins moves into the clinch.
Demonic throws an elbow that misses.

Mullins has clasped his hands together around Demonic's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Demonic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Demonic is not content to let Mullins control the position.

Demonic sneaks out the side door and pushes Mullins away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Demonic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Demonic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mullins slips a jab and a cross from Demonic.
Mullins misses with a hook.
Demonic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mullins wants to clinch.
Mullins shoots in and drives through. Demonic sprawls well.
Demonic leaves Mullins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Demonic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demonic.
Mullins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Demonic as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerard Mullins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mullins looking to score a takedown here. Demonic is defending well but Mullins drives through and ends up in Demonic's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demonic wants to stand up but Mullins is controlling him.
Mullins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demonic is keeping the position for now.
Demonic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mullins is controlling him.
Mullins throwing strikes from guard but Demonic blocks nicely.
Mullins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demonic is keeping the position for now.
Demonic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mullins is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demonic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mullins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mullins trying to control but Demonic is working from the bottom.
Mullins looking to sit in guard and control but Demonic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mullins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mullins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demonic wants to stand but Mullins has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Demonic is looking to escape.
Mullins tries to pass the half guard into mount. Demonic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mullins is looking to pass Demonic's guard but actually Demonic recovers to full guard.
Demonic manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mullins manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demonic trying to control the position from guard on top but Mullins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gerard Mullins will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mullins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Demonic wants to stand up but Mullins is controlling him.
Mullins trying to control the position from guard on top but Demonic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Demonic being controlled here, momentarily.
Demonic looking to control.
Mullins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gerard Mullins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Demonic swings for the body but Mullins moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins closes the distance and clinches up with Demonic, looking for a takedown. Mullins pushes Demonic against the cage but Demonic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Demonic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Demonic lands a slapping body shot.
Mullins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mullins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Demonic.
Demonic throws a series of punches but Mullins avoids them all with ease.
Demonic dodges the punch combination from Mullins.
Mullins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Demonic is fending him off so far but Mullins persists. Nope, Demonic circles away and we're back to standing.
Mullins takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Demonic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mullins scrambles back to his feet.
Demonic misses with a low kick.
Gerard Mullins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mullins throws a combination that misses
and Demonic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mullins really felt that one!
Demonic misses with an uppercut. Mullins saw that one coming.
Demonic throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mullins counters with a single leg into guard. Demonic didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demonic looking for a sweep. Not yet Demonic, not yet.
Mullins advances to half guard.
Mullins throws a strike but Demonic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mullins trying to control but Demonic is working from the bottom.
Demonic wants to sweep here but Mullins controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Demonic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Demonic wants to stand but Mullins is controlling the position.
Demonic is trying to hold Mullins in close to prevent damage but Mullins has managed to pass into half guard.
Demonic trying to hold on to Mullins's head to control him but Mullins postures up.
Mullins trying to control the action but Demonic is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mullins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mullins is looking to advance position but Demonic won't allow it.
Mullins is looking to stall here but Demonic recovers full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mullins wants to control from the top but Demonic keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerard Mullins dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mullins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Demonic stops Mullins from passing to mount.
Mullins scoring with punches from side control.
Mullins landing a few strikes.
Demonic is not content to let Mullins control the position.
Demonic tries to improve position but can't.
Demonic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Demonic wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullins is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Mullins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Demonic is looking to escape.
Demonic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Demonic is squirming around, avoiding Mullins's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullins thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mullins looking to land elbow strikes but Demonic uses the position to regain half guard.
Demonic is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demonic wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mullins lands a nice short elbow.
Demonic wants to get back to full guard.

Demonic manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mullins takes a swing at Demonic's ribcage but misses.
Demonic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Demonic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Demonic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mullins doesn't seem bothered though.
Demonic just misses with a punch to the body.
Demonic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mullins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Mullins shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mullins was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demonic wants to control but Mullins is having none of it.
Mullins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Demonic is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demonic wants to hold on but Mullins pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerard Mullins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mullins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerard Mullins!
Gerard Mullins bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.